Mandala 6

Sukta 54: Pushan, find what was lost

Rishi: बार्हस्पत्यो भरद्वाजः · Devata: पूषा · Metre: गायत्री

10 verses · 54 of 75

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Pushan, find what was lost

Bharadvaja Barhaspatya prays to Pushan in gayatri for the road and the herd. Let him lead us to a knowing man who points the way straight and says, here it is; let us meet the Pushan who directs us to the houses and says, these are they. His wheel is never harmed, his chest never falls, his rim never shakes. Pushan should follow our cows and guard our horses. May nothing be lost or hurt or broken in a pit; let him come back with all unharmed. The last mantra asks him to stretch his right hand over us from beyond and drive home again what was lost.

54.1

सं पू॑षन्वि॒दुषा॑ नय॒ यो अञ्ज॑सानु॒शास॑ति ।
य ए॒वेदमिति॒ ब्रव॑त्

saṃ pūṣanviduṣā naya yo añjasānuśāsati |
ya evedamiti bravat

54.2

समु॑ पू॒ष्णा ग॑मेमहि॒ यो गृ॒हाँ अ॑भि॒शास॑ति ।
इ॒म ए॒वेति॑ च॒ ब्रव॑त्

samu pūṣṇā gamemahi yo gṛhām̐ abhiśāsati |
ima eveti ca bravat

54.3

पू॒ष्णश्च॒क्रं न रि॑ष्यति॒ न कोशोऽव॑ पद्यते ।
नो अ॑स्य व्यथते प॒विः

pūṣṇaścakraṃ na riṣyati na kośo'va padyate |
no asya vyathate paviḥ

54.4

यो अ॑स्मै ह॒विषावि॑ध॒न्न तं पू॒षापि॑ मृष्यते ।
प्र॒थ॒मो वि॑न्दते॒ वसु॑

yo asmai haviṣāvidhanna taṃ pūṣāpi mṛṣyate |
prathamo vindate vasu

54.5

पू॒षा गा अन्वे॑तु नः पू॒षा र॑क्ष॒त्वर्व॑तः ।
पू॒षा वाजं॑ सनोतु नः

pūṣā gā anvetu naḥ pūṣā rakṣatvarvataḥ |
pūṣā vājaṃ sanotu naḥ

54.6

पूष॒न्ननु॒ प्र गा इ॑हि॒ यज॑मानस्य सुन्व॒तः ।
अ॒स्माकं॑ स्तुव॒तामु॒त

pūṣannanu pra gā ihi yajamānasya sunvataḥ |
asmākaṃ stuvatāmuta

54.7

माकि॑र्नेश॒न्माकीं॑ रिष॒न्माकीं॒ सं शा॑रि॒ केव॑टे ।
अथारि॑ष्टाभि॒रा ग॑हि

mākirneśanmākīṃ riṣanmākīṃ saṃ śāri kevaṭe |
athāriṣṭābhirā gahi

54.8

शृ॒ण्वन्तं॑ पू॒षणं॑ व॒यमिर्य॒मन॑ष्टवेदसम् ।
ईशा॑नं रा॒य ई॑महे

śṛṇvantaṃ pūṣaṇaṃ vayamiryamanaṣṭavedasam |
īśānaṃ rāya īmahe

54.9

पूष॒न्तव॑ व्र॒ते व॒यं न रि॑ष्येम॒ कदा॑ च॒न ।
स्तो॒तार॑स्त इ॒ह स्म॑सि

pūṣantava vrate vayaṃ na riṣyema kadā cana |
stotārasta iha smasi

54.10

परि॑ पू॒षा प॒रस्ता॒द्धस्तं॑ दधातु॒ दक्षि॑णम् ।
पुन॑र्नो न॒ष्टमाज॑तु

pari pūṣā parastāddhastaṃ dadhātu dakṣiṇam |
punarno naṣṭamājatu

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